camel

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæməl/

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• Rhymes: -æməl
• Hyphenation: ca‧mel

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), through Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل‎ (jamal), Hebrew גמל‎ (gamál) and Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ‎ (gamlā).

camel (plural camels)

1. A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.

   Synonym: (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) oont

   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     Returne our Mules and emptie Camels backe,
     That we may trauell into Siria, […]

2. A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).

   camel:  

3. Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.

• (Camelids) camelid; Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña ^{(Category: en:Camelids)}

• → Coeur d'Alene: keemel
• → Eastern Arrernte: kamule
• → Tsonga: kamela